Because that is what the controlling majority of men at the Council of Nicea decided on.
39 Books in the Old Testament 39 Books in the Old Testament
"B" may refer to "books" in the Old Testament, which consists of 39 books in Protestant Christian Bibles.
The Old Testament contains 39 books.
There are 39 books in the Old Testament
The old testament contains 39 books. thirtynine books.
There are 39 books in the Old Testament
There are 39 books in the Old Testament. Each book is divided up into chapters to make it easier to read although origionally the books did not have separate chapters. There are 929 chapters in the old testament.
The list is far to long, but there are 66 books in the bible, but only Ruth and Esther are named after ladies.
There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament. If you add them together, there are 66 books. If you can remember there are 39 books in the old testament, then it is easy to figure out the other numbers. To get the number of New Testament books from the Old Testament number, multiply the digits to get 27.
39 books of the Old Testament
There are 39 books in the Old Testament.
There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.